Volunteers Pick Up Trash Along Shore

September 19, 1999|Staff Reports

Broward County

The 1999 International Coastal Clean-up netted 5,890 pounds of trash underwater and along the shore from Deerfield Beach to Hallandale on Saturday.

The annual event attracted 614 volunteers, from Brownie Scouts to police divers, said Bret Maxwell, a natural resource specialist for the Broward County Department of Planning and Environmental Protection.

At 11 beach sites in the county, people picked up trash from 9 a.m. to noon and scuba divers performed reef sweeps, collecting trash from the water.

Because of Hurricane Floyd, Palm Beach and Martin counties postponed their cleanups until Oct. 2.